Audiobook Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins in the ListenBook app
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Book description
Let's be honest: the opening line of Criss Cross-"She wished something would happen. Something good. To her."-sounds like a fortune cookie that got stuck in a time capsule. You can practically hear the narrator's voice, all sugar and sighs, delivering it like a greeting card for a teenager who's never seen a real problem. And honestly? The audiobook version leans into that vibe hard. The narrator's tone is so relentlessly upbeat, it's like she's trying to convince you that a missed bus is actually a blessing in disguise. You want to yell, "No, it's just a missed bus! And it's raining!"
Perkins, a Newbery winner, seems to think that quiet, wishful thinking is profound. But let's get real: this book's central premise-a girl hoping for magic to fix her life-feels less like a coming-of-age story and more like a passive-aggressive diary entry written by someone who's never actually had to deal with anything messy. The audiobook's pacing drags like a slow dance at a high school party where no one's actually dancing. You can hear the narrator stretching out each sentence, waiting for you to feel the weight of... well, the weight of nothing much.
Here's the twist: the book's real flaw isn't the wishful thinking-it's that Perkins treats it like it's deep. The audiobook's gentle, almost sing-song delivery makes the whole thing feel like a Hallmark special for the emotionally stunted. You wait for the story to do something, to crack open and show us something real, but it just keeps orbiting that same "hope for the best" mantra. It's like watching paint dry, but the paint is labeled "Hope."
And yet-here's the thing you'd never expect-this almost works. Not because the story is brilliant (it's not), but because the audiobook's flaws accidentally make it a mirror for modern YA. How many books tell us to "just hope" while ignoring the actual chaos of growing up? Perkins' attempt to make quiet moments feel profound? The audiobook's overly sweet delivery turns it into a gentle parody of that very thing. It's like the narrator is whispering, "You know, maybe you're the one who needs to stop waiting for magic and start actually moving."
So yes, Criss Cross is a bit of a snooze in audiobook form-like listening to someone describe a dream they had about a dream. But if you lean into the irony, it's almost funny how earnestly it tries to be meaningful while being utterly, beautifully mundane. It's the literary equivalent of a coffee shop playlist: pleasant, forgettable, and just loud enough to drown out the silence of your own life. You won't rush to re-listen, but you might chuckle at how hard it tries to be deep while feeling like a greeting card for a Tuesday.
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